Cooking Persian Food for the first time with Mike & Rinne

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today’s episode is a true podcasting collab. Co-hosts Beata and Bita are joined by Mikey and Rinne who are the hosts of another podcast, called Mikey and Rinne Eat In.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mikey is a culinary innovation consultant and helps companies make all new delicious products nationwide. Bita and Mikey connected through an opportunity with Dinnerbell, a heat and eat food service company based out of Palo Alto, California.  Bita and Beata, together with Mikey and Dinnerbell curated a limited time menu offering of Persian food just before the Persian new year Norooz/Nowruz. Video and pics are available on the Modern Persian Food instagram page if you’d like to check them out!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The team put together the following menu:  Persian tahchin rice cups, a delicious cucumber yogurt dip, skewered chicken, grilled vegetables, pickled veggies, and amazing, aromatic, yummy buttercream Yazdi cupcakes!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chef Mikey tips for cooking Persian food for the first time - </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Be inventive</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Experiment with cooking techniques</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Do research to become a mini expert on a particular dish or technique</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ask the Beats:  Mikey and Rinne ask “We already have saffron now in our pantry and cooking repertoire, what other Persian ingredient would you suggest we add and try?”</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Limoo Amani, dried lime if you love sour flavors!  </span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Also catch the Beats on Mikey and Rinne Eat in episode: </span> <a href=